Y: The Last Man

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Comic
title Y: The Last Man
Original title Y: The Last Man
country United States
author Brian K. Vaughan
Illustrator Pia Guerra , Goran Sudžuka , Paul Chadwick
publishing company Vertigo
First publication September 2002 - March 2008
expenditure 60

Y: The Last Man is a comic series of the imprint Vertigo from the US comic publisher DC Comics . Brian K. Vaughan is the author of the 60-issue series. The first edition was published in September 2002. Most of the drawings are by Pia Guerra . The series was nominated for Best New Series in 2003 and Best Continuous Series in both 2005 and 2006 for the Eisner Award . New Line Cinema acquired the film rights to the comic on May 16, 2003.

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Unmanned (# 1-5)

Yorick Brown, the main character of this series, named after a court jester in Shakespeare's Hamlet , is, like its namesake, an ambivalent character. On the one hand, the hobby magician is a bright head, quick-witted and funny who has the right saying for every situation; on the other hand, he is a clumsy, awkward and naive man who never misses an opportunity to put himself and his companions in acute mortal danger.

On July 17, 2002, all male mammals on earth die from a mysterious plague . All but Yorick, the last man, and his capuchin monkey Ampersand. Two months later, Yorick comes to Washington, DC , where he meets his mother, a member of the House of Representatives . The new president orders Culper Ring agent 355 to escort Yorick to Boston . The last known whereabouts of the geneticist Dr. Man. The hope is that Mann will be able to study Yorick and discover the reasons for his survival in order to repopulate the earth. Three days later, Alter Tse'elon, the new commander-in-chief of the Israeli General Staff , was informed of Yorick's existence - and began the search for the last man on earth with a very special agenda. After Israeli soldiers Dr. Destroy Mann's laboratory, travel Yorick, Dr. Mann and Agent 355 to California, where Dr. Mann's replacement laboratory is located. Yorick himself is more concerned with finding his girlfriend Beth Deville, who is on a vacation trip in the Australian outback .

Cycles (# 6–10)

Because modern modes of transportation were preferably driven by men, Yorick, Agent 355, and Dr. Man in a pig car from Boston to Los Angeles , like in a road movie . Meanwhile, the characters' different political and personal views collide. In an idyllic town in Ohio , the protagonists have to stop unexpectedly. Yorick becomes the object of sexual desire in a single-sex world when he is tenderly seduced by a young woman named Sonia. Finally, the three partners discover a dark secret behind the idyllic facade.

One Small Step (# 11-15)

Yorick may be the last man on earth, but not the last man in the solar system. In Oldenbrook, Kansas , between Yorick, 355, and Dr. Man on one side and an Israeli commando on the other in a race to kill two male ISS astronauts who are forced to return to Earth.

Comedy & Tragedy (# 16-17)

A short story independent of the main story shows a theater group traveling through the USA and performing their plays for a few food items. She is fed up with offering superficialities in order to distract the middle-class viewers from their manless life. The director , who is convinced that women can secure the continued existence of humanity even without men, would like to process her view in a provocative play called “The Last Man”.

Safeword (# 18-20)

In Allenspark, Colorado , a former Culper Ring agent named 711 confronts the main character Yorick with an interrogation technique (developed by the Marquis de Sade and Benjamin Franklin ) of his survivor guilt .

This arc was nominated for the Eisner Award in 2005.

Widow's Pass (# 21-23)

The onward journey of Yorick, 355 and Dr. Mann is held up in Queensbrock by a group of eight radical federalists who have declared the state of Arizona is leaving the United States.

Tongues of Flame (# 24-25)

Yorick and his companions finally reach their (intermediate) destination California. Yorick sneaks into a nearby church at night. There he meets a young woman named Beth, with whom he has a brief sexual encounter. Then the two lovers are startled by amazons , which Yorick scares away with the help of his illusionary tricks.

Hero's Journey (# 26)

A backstory about Yorick's sister, Hero, that shows how Hero lived through Plague Day, how it fell into the hands of the Amazons and how she eventually fell ill with schizophrenia .

Ring of Truth (# 27- # 31)

Dr. Man finally discovers the reason why Yorick and his capuchin monkey Ampersand survived the plague. Hero pursues and finds her brother. A new adversary grabs a crucial tool for healing humanity.

Girl on Girl (# 32-35)

Yorick and his colleagues are on their way to reclaim Ampersand. You join a ragged crew of shipwives who trade with Australia. Yorick falls in love with the ship's captain and Dr. Man and 355 gets a new twist.

Boy Loses Girl (# 36)

The backstory about the beginning of the love between Beth Deville and Yorick Brown. An Aboriginal puts Beth into a dream that convinces her that Yorick is still alive.

Paper Dolls (# 37-39)

Yorick is found by a reporter while looking for his girlfriend Beth in Australia. The sensational journalist shoots a nude photo of the last man. Meanwhile, Alter Tse'elon shoots Yorick's mother, Secretary Brown, and presumably kills her.

This arc was nominated for the Eisner Award in 2006.

The Hour of Our Death (# 40)

Hero, Yorick's sister, brings a letter to Beth II (from Tongues of Flame # 24-25). She is surprisingly pregnant with a child conceived by Yorick. Eventually they team up and head for Kansas.

Buttons (# 41)

"Buttons" is a journey into the past of Agent 355, Yorick's female bodyguard . Some insights into the Culper Ring and its training methods are given.

1,000 typewriters (# 42)

The past, present and future of Ampersand, the lost capuchin monkey, is researched . The animal's odyssey up to its landing is recapitulated, as is the kidnapping by Toyota.

Kimono Dragons (# 43-46)

In Japan, Ampersand ended up in the hands of Epiphany, a former Canadian singer who is now the leader of the yakuza . When Agent 355 and Yorick try to get the animal back, You betrayed them.

The Tin Man (# 47)

The history of Dr. Allison Mann relates: The emergence of her interest in science in her childhood, the disappointment with her father who has a lover, the disappointment with her first great love and finally the attempt to carry out her own clone .

Gehenna (# 48)

In search of Yorick, Alter Tse'elon reaches the twins' bunker. A retrospective examines her childhood and her rise in the military.

Motherland (# 49-52)

In China , Agent 355, Allison and Yorick are drugged by Toyota and taken to Allison's mother and father. He too survived the epidemic and managed to create clones of his daughter several times. Convinced that all men on earth are superfluous, he tries to kill Yorick and himself.

The Obituarist (# 53)

Victoria, formerly a supermodel and now a gravedigger, takes in the prostitute and crossdresser Bobbi. At the state funeral of the late MP Brown, they discover rats in a backyard that should have been extinct many years after the epidemic.

Tragicomic (# 54)

In order to reach a larger audience, theater director Edie (from # 16-17) tries to make a film. However, she fails due to artistic differences with her actresses. As her a comic book falls into the hands, it begins to design a comic himself to social criticism to practice of female society. The comic is titled I am Woman and is about the last surviving woman on earth.

Whys and Wherefores (# 55-59)

The storylines converge in the City of Light : Yorick meets his girlfriend Beth again for the first time and Agent 355 finally opens up to Yorick. At the same time, the Israelis find and threaten two children, Vlad and Beth Junior. Age's obsession with tracking down Yorick finally succeeds.

Epilogue (# 60)

Sixty years later, the cynical and aged Yorick is kept hidden in the Élysée Palace . To cheer him up, his daughter arranges a meeting with a 22-year-old Yorick clone. In conversation with him, Yorick remembers later encounters with the main characters before he escapes from the palace.

Publications

  • Reprints as US trade paperback:
Y: The Last Man Vol. 1: Unmanned (includes # 1–5, ISBN 1-56389-980-9 )
Y: The Last Man Vol. 2: Cycles (includes # 6–10, ISBN 1-4012-0076-1 )
Y: The Last Man Vol. 3: One Small Step (includes # 11–17, ISBN 1-4012-0201-2 )
Y: The Last Man Vol. 4: Safeword (includes # 18-23, ISBN 1-4012-0232-2 )
Y: The Last Man Vol. 5: Ring of Truth (includes # 24–31, ISBN 1-4012-0487-2 )
Y: The Last Man Vol. 6: Girl on Girl (includes # 32–36, ISBN 1-4012-0501-1 )
Y: The Last Man Vol. 7: Paper Dolls (includes # 37–42, ISBN 1-4012-1009-0 )
Y: The Last Man Vol. 8: Kimono Dragons (includes # 43-48, ISBN 1-84576-358-0 )
Y: The Last Man Vol. 9: Motherland (includes # 49–54, ISBN 1-4012-1351-0 )
Y: The Last Man Vol. 10: Whys and Wherefores (includes # 55–60, ISBN 1-4012-1813-X )
Y - The Last Man Vol. 1: Entmannt (includes # 1–5, ISBN 978-3-86607-352-4 )
Y - The Last Man Vol. 2: Days Like This (includes # 6–-10, ISBN 978-3-86607-353-1 )
Y - The Last Man Vol. 3: One Small Step (includes # 11-17, ISBN 978-3-86607-272-5 )
Y - The Last Man Vol. 4: Revelations (includes # 18-23, ISBN 978-3-86607-354-8 )
Y - The Last Man Vol. 5: Ring of Truth (includes # 24–31, ISBN 978-3-86607-488-0 )
Y - The Last Man Vol. 6: Girl on Girl (includes # 32-36, ISBN 978-3-86607-489-7 )
Y - The Last Man Vol. 7: Extra sheet (includes # 37-42, ISBN 978-3-86607-602-0 )
Y - The Last Man Vol. 8: Japanese Nights (includes # 43-48, ISBN 978-3-86607-623-5 )
Y - The Last Man Vol. 9: Mutterland (includes # 49-54, ISBN 978-3-86607-790-4 )
Y - The Last Man Vol. 10: Why and Why (includes # 55-60, ISBN 978-3-86607-791-1 )

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